Raisin In the Sun

A Raisin in the sun Beneatha was describing how her whole family has this bug she calls Ghetto-it is, which explains the actions of all the main characters in the first act. When Beneatha said this she was just welcoming Asagi into her home. He asked her what was wrong and she responded with the acute ghetto-it is term. Ruth, to me, is acting the most on this use of speech. I would believe she …

…at which is spending money. She has paid for horseback riding lessons and is about to take guitar lessons. Everybody questions her spending in her family. Beneatha may think that she is better than her own family. I think Beneatha does think she is better than her own flesh and blood and that is why she is making statements like the ones she made in Act 1. Bibliography A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry